A 22-year-old man from Castellammare di Stabia was treated at San Leonardo hospital after being wounded by a gunshot to the leg, according to a report in Il Mattino.
The report states that the man was not in life-threatening condition and was undergoing surgery. Carabinieri from the Castellammare company intervened at the hospital following the incident.
Investigators were working to reconstruct the circumstances of the shooting. The report describes the injured man as already known to law enforcement.
What remains unclear is where and when the shooting took place. The report does not identify the shooter, the firearm used, the number of shots fired, or a possible motive, and it does not report any arrests. No later update on the outcome of the surgery was provided.